Mayi Pilnyak anayamba ntchito yake ku Manhattan District Attorney's Office (DANY), komwe adakhala zaka 10 ndipo anali membala wa Sex Crimes Unit yosamalira, pakati pa mitundu ina ya umbanda, milandu ya kugonana, nkhanza zapakhomo ndi kupha anthu. Adagwiranso ntchito ku Crime Strategies Unit ku DANY komwe adasanthula ziwerengero zaupandu kuchokera ku New York City Police department (NYPD) ndipo adasanthula mozama zaumbanda ndi njira zochepetsera umbanda kumadera ena aku Manhattan. Njirazi zinali zogwirizana ndi mgwirizano ndi mabungwe osiyanasiyana osapindula, ogwira nawo ntchito m'madera, akuluakulu osankhidwa ndi ogwira ntchito za malamulo ndipo adakonzedwa kuti ateteze zochitika za obwerezabwereza omwe anali ndi udindo wochuluka wa milandu. Izi zidapangitsa kuti pakhale mgwirizano wamphamvu ndi anthu ammudzi komanso ogwira nawo ntchito zachitetezo ndipo zidawona kuchepa kwakukulu pamikhalidwe yomwe anthu amawaganizira. Njira iyi idadziwika kuti ndi intelligence-drive prosecution ndipo idalimbikitsa kudzipereka kwake pakupanga zatsopano komanso mgwirizano kuti athetse zovuta zazamalamulo.  

Mu 2017, Mayi Pilnyak adachoka ku DANY kuti akakhale Mtsogoleri Woyang'anira Zachilungamo ku Ofesi ya Meya wa New York City of Criminal Justice (MOCJ). Ntchitoyi idamupangitsa kuti azilumikizana ndi mabungwe ambiri omwe akuchita nawo gawo kuti azindikire zolephera komanso madera omwe angasinthidwe pamilandu yamilandu ya New York City. Adakonza ndikugwiritsa ntchito malingaliro osiyanasiyana omwe akufuna kuchotsa zolephera kuyambira pakumangidwa mpaka kumapeto kwa mlandu womwe udapangitsa kuti chiwerengero cha omwe ali m'ndende chichepe ndi 62% pomwe mlandu womwe ukupitilira zaka zitatu.  

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Mayi Pilnyak adakwezedwa paudindo wa Deputy Director of Crime Strategies ku MOCJ mkati mwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi, kukulitsa udindo wawo kukhala woyang'anira njira zonse zaupandu mumzinda wa New York komanso kukonza ndi kukhazikitsa njira zosinthira milandu mu mzindawu. Paulamuliro wake, adagwira ntchito limodzi ndi atsogoleri akuluakulu a khothi la New York State, omenyera milandu, ozenga milandu, NYPD, dipatimenti yowona zamilandu ndi ena ogwira ntchito zamalamulo kuti akwaniritse ntchito zazikulu zosintha chilungamo, monga kusintha kwa bail, kusintha kwachilungamo kwa ana. , ndi kupeputsa kukhudza otsika, kuonjezera chilungamo pamene kuwonjezera chitetezo cha anthu.  

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Mu 2019, Mayi Pilnyak adachoka ku MOCJ kupita ku NYPD komwe adagwira ntchito ya nyenyezi ziwiri kukhala Assistant Deputy Commissioner ku Risk Management Bureau. Adagwira ntchito yokonza mfundo ndi mapulogalamu owongolera dipatimentiyo pakukhazikitsa zosintha zomwe zidabwera chifukwa chowunikira boma chifukwa chakuyimitsidwa komanso kuzunzidwa koopsa komanso imfa yomvetsa chisoni ya George Floyd.  

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Paudindo wake, anali ndi udindo woyendetsa ntchito zatsiku ndi tsiku, pakati pa magawo ena, gawo la kamera yovala thupi (BWC) ndi Quality Assurance Division (QAD) ndipo adakhudzidwa mwachindunji ndi kafukufuku ndi kafukufuku wa anthu masauzande ambiri. yamilandu ya Fourth Amendment yokhudza kufufuza ndi kulanda komanso, nthawi zambiri, kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu. Kuti apititse patsogolo zoyesayesa izi, adayang'anira kukonzanso kwa ma data analytics kuti azindikire omwe ali pachiwopsezo pogwiritsa ntchito luso laukadaulo.  

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Chimodzi mwazinthu zodziwika bwino zomwe adachita pa nthawi yake ku NYPD chinali kutsogolera ntchito yokhazikitsidwa ndi Early Intervention Programme ya dipatimentiyi.  Purogalamuyi idapangidwa kuti igwiritse ntchito njira zowongolera zoopsa kuti zithandizire mwachangu momwe zingathere kuti zithandizire thanzi la ogwira ntchito ndi chitukuko chaukadaulo pozindikira ndi kuchepetsa zinthu zomwe zingayambitse zovuta zantchito, kulanga antchito, kapena kusagwirizana ndi anthu.  The Early Intervention Programme ndi njira yopanda chilango yomwe, pachimake, idapangidwa kuti ipangitse uphungu, kuthandizira ndi kuphunzitsa akuluakulu. Cholinga cha pulogalamuyi ndikuwonetsetsa kuti msilikali aliyense akugwira ntchito yake m'njira yotsatizana ndi malamulo, makhalidwe abwino, ndi mfundo za makhalidwe abwino zomwe Dipatimentiyi imalembapo pokonza nkhanizo mwamsanga zitadziwika.  

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Mayi Pilnyak ndi omaliza maphunziro a yunivesite ya California ku Berkeley ndi Cornell University School of Law.  

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